Transference Component of Resistance (TCR) in Davanloo's Intensive Short- Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (DISTDP)

Davood Manavipour

doi:10.35248/2161-0487.20.10.370

Abstract

The present paper scrutinized the concept of transference component of resistance (TCR) in Davanloo's intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy (DISTDP). This concept is one of the important Davanloo's discoveries, and paying attention to this concept can lead to mobilization of the unconscious and the complete removal of the patient's resistance. At first, the components constituting this concept were investigated, and then, the techniques which can be used to increase TCR were discussed. These techniques play a fundamental role in the rising unconscious therapeutic alliance (UTA). These techniques are pressure, transference resistance clearing, activating neurobiological paths of feelings, investigating the early genetic figures characteristics, being honest and truthful, transference neurosis identification, working with resistance against emotional closeness, working with intergenerational transmission of psychopathology, the character resistance of the idealization of destructiveness identification and rhetorical question.

Highlights

Transference component of resistance (TCR) is among the most important concepts proposed by Davanloo in recent years
Investigation of the constitutive concepts of TCR showed that its foundations were based on Freud's and Klein’s ideas, and by combining them, Davanloo devised a powerful way to enter the unconscious of the patient ’ s feelings
We introduced 10 techniques for TCR. These methods are helpful for therapists in Davanloo's intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy (DISTDP)

Summary

INTRODUCTION

Transference component of resistance (TCR) is among the most important concepts proposed by Davanloo in recent years. In psychoanalysis, it is defined as resistance against making conscious self what is unconscious self The combination of these words by Davanloo has created a new concept, indicating that the constituting elements of transference are active to resist change. This solution is realized using defensive mechanisms; and to defend himself/ herself and his/her object, the child should resolve these conflicts by making unconscious these forbidden undesirable feelings and forming a defensive structure to resist their disclosure. The transference component includes the patients' positive and negative feelings toward an object or initial genetic figures, and in the TCR technique, both of them should be addressed by the therapist as needed.

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